Improvement in tightening-band poe vessels



@einen tutes latwt @frn JOHN TINGLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND SAMUEL L. DAVIS, OF CAMDEN, NEWJERSEY.

Letters .Patent No. 81,843, dated September 1, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN TIGHTENING-BAND FOR VESSELS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN TINGLEY, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniafhave invented an Improved Contracting- Band for Vessels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and ex'act description of the same.

My invention consists of a tightening-band, constructed for application to a vcsselin the peculiar manner fully described hereafter, so that it can he contracted in diameter when the cover of the vessel has to be secured, and permitted to expand when the cover has to be released. Y l

My invention further consists in providing the lsaid contractile band with -a handled nut, arranged to conform, or nearly conform, to the shape of the vessel, as andfor the purpose set forth hereafter.

In order to enable others familiar with apparatus of this class to make and apply my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side View of awooden vessel with my improved contractile band.

Figure 2, a side view of the same; and

Figure 3 a sectional plan on the line 1 2, fig.

A is a vessel composed of staves secured by hoops a, a', and a, and having the usual bottom'conned in grooves in the staves, by the lowest hoop, a.

The highest permanent hoop, a, Iis arranged at such a distance from the upper edge of the vessel that the staves can there separate and the vessel expand to a limited extent, when not confined in the manner described hereafter.

B is a circular cover, arranged to t freely `within the top of the vessel, (when the latter is not conned,)

and maintained in its proper vertical` position by across-bar, b, which rests on the edge of xthe vessel.

D is a metal band, which is secured tothe erterior of the vessel, near its upper edge, by pins, which pass through slots in the hand, or in projections on the same, so that the band can slide on the'pins whentlle staves are drawn together or permitted to expand. One end of the band is securedoto a plate, Gr, through a projection,f, on which passes a screw, m, at the opposite end of the band, the plate which iscurved to fit the side of the vessel being cast in one piece with the projectionf, so as to be readily secured to a strip ofordinary bandiron. The screw-rod is provided with a nut, on 'tightening whi'chthe band will be contracted and the staves bound rigidly to the cover 13, the latter being set at libertyfhowever, when the nut is loosened and the band and staves permitted to expand.

A handle, which forms a part ofthe nut E, is so curved as to conform to thepshape ofthe vessel, adjacent to the side of which it occupies the position .shown in iig. 2, where it is out of the way, but always ready for use-when the cover has to be removed and replaced.

My improved tightening-band may bc applied to a variety of vessels, such, for instance, as chests for storing clothing, washing-machines, chnrns, or ice-cream1 freezers, or othervessels requiring tightly-tting covers which have to be repeatedly removed and replaced.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The plate G, of a shape to lit the side of the vessel, having a projection,f, and secured to one end of a band, a screw-rod at the other end of which passes through the projection f, as and for the purpose described.

2. The said band, with screw-rod at one end and projection at the other, in combination with a handled nut, E, arranged to conform, or nearly conform, to the shape of the vessel to which the band is applied, as

set forth.

3. The slots m in the'band D, for the purpose specified. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 'two subscribingwitnesses.

J OI-IN TINGLEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN WHITE, C. B. PRICE. 

